FNUS75 KSLC 041433
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR TIE FORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
833 AM MDT FRI SEP 4 2009

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED OVER UTAH WILL MOVE EAST
INTO COLORADO ON SATURDAY. ADEQUATE MOISTURE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN HIGHER TERRAIN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING
THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS
ALOFT THIS WEEKEND WILL RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE FIRE SITE AS
THE WINDS INCREASE LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......740.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                      (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                      AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN BECOMING
                      EAST SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 0900.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-53
  MAX HUMIDITY........51-54 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                      5 TO 8 MPH AFTER 2200.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......780.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                      (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                      OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...
                      THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-73.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH SOUTHEAST
                      8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...DARON REYNOLDS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090904.TIEFO.01/SLC

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